Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu

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Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu

Date
700–800s
Medium
sandstone
Culture
Central India, probably Madhya Pradesh
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
169268

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The Hindu god Vishnu took the form of a boar to rescue his wife Bhu (Earth in Sanskrit) from the bottom of the primordial ocean, where she had been hidden by a demon. Here shown with the head of a boar and the powerful lunging body of a warrior, Varaha holds out one of his four elbows as a seat for the earth goddess who he has rescued. In his two left hands, he hold the conch and discus.

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Credit line
Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
Provenance
(Adrian Maynard Oriental Art, London, UK, sold to John and Maxeen Flower) | ?-2011: Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928-2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2011-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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